V Questions with… Maven Silicon’s P R ‘Siva’ Sivakumar

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‘V Questions with…’ seeks to uncover the backstory to a RISC-V member’s work in five questions. Maven Silicon CEO P R Sivakumar on using RISC-V to bridge the skills gap, building a stronger engineering community and preparing new talent for an AI-driven semiconductor industry.

The post V Questions with… Maven Silicon’s P R ‘Siva’ Sivakumar appeared first on RISC-V International . India is building its own semiconductor fabs, assembly and test plants and fabless design startups at pace, with government funding behind it through the Indian Semiconductor Mission.

Siva founded Maven Silicon as a VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) finishing school, running career-oriented design verification courses for new graduates. His background spans 28 years in electrical engineering, academia and semiconductors, including recent work as a verification consultant for Synopsys, Cadence and Siemens EDA.